New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR:

Tee Hui Yi, 14, has been taken off the ventilator after being on it since last Wednesday.
Doctors, who are satisfied with her progress after two heart transplants on Oct 4 and 5, removed the ventilator at 11.35am yesterday.

National Heart Institute consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Pau Kiew Kong said: “She is getting stronger and we hope she will do well with good food and exercise.”

Furthermore, he said, a heart biopsy indicated that her body had not rejected the new heart.

“We will be doing another heart biopsy next week and this will continue for at least six more weeks,” said Dr Pau.
Tee, who also has been fed through a tube since last Wednesday, will now be able to take some soft food.

As for double-lung transplant patient Lang Kong, 39, of Sarawak, Dr Pau said he was doing fine and well into full recovery.

Anyone who wishes to be an organ donor, or donate the organs of a brain-dead relative, can contact the National Organ Transplant Co-ordinating Centre at 03-26942705/704 or 03-26156576, or the toll-free line at 1-800-88-9080.